SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—Residents shouted with excitement during last week’s city council meeting after city officials unanimously approved a $3.3 million skatepark—a decision 15 years in the making.
“I really want to thank the community,” Mayor Derek Reeve said during the April 5 meeting. “This would not have happened without your participation. Your government is critical to make things like this happen, so I would give all of yourselves a round of applause.”
Reeve, who has been serving on the city council for 12 years, said called the comment forum, which lasted over an hour, “one of the most enriching” forums he had ever witnessed.
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